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RICHMOND ON THE JAMES

WILLIAM WIRT HENRY

"And in regions far Such heroes bring ye forth As those from whom we come, And plant our name Under that star Not known to our North."

On the 11th of April, 1606, a patent was issued by James I. of England to Sir Thomas Gates, Sir George Somers and others for the establishment of a colony in Virginia. The charter prescribed that it was to be managed by a council of thirteen persons, under the direction of a council of thirteen in England. On December the 19th of that year, one hundred and nine years after the discovery of North America by Cabot, three small vessels, the Susan Constant, the ''God Speed and the Discovery'', sailed for the New